outwit

英 [ˌaʊtˈwɪt]

美 [ˌaʊtˈwɪt]

v.  (智力上)超过，胜过

过去分词：outwitted　现在分词：outwitting　过去式：outwitted　第三人称单数：outwits　复数：outwits　

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BNC.18706 / COCA.20442

牛津词典

verb

• （智力上）超过，胜过
  to defeat sb/sth or gain an advantage over them by doing sth clever
  1. Somehow he always manages to outwit his opponents.
     他反正总能设法智胜对手。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 智胜；用计击败（或超过）
  If yououtwitsomeone, you use your intelligence or a clever trick to defeat them or to gain an advantage over them.
  1. To win the presidency he had first to outwit his rivals within the Socialist Party...
     要想赢得总统之位，他必须首先智胜其在社会党内的竞选对手。
  2. Seeing how cleverly he had been outwitted he made no complaint.
     看到自己在计谋上完全不是对手，他甘拜下风。

英英释义

verb

• beat through cleverness and wit
  1. I beat the traffic
  2. She outfoxed her competitors
  Synonym:overreachoutsmartoutfoxbeatcircumvent

双语例句

• Seeing how cleverly he had been outwitted he made no complaint.
  看到自己在计谋上完全不是对手，他甘拜下风。
• It is delusional to think that a regulatory system can be based on formulas either the investment bankers will outwit the regulators or the regulators will overreact.
  认为监管体系可建立在准则基础上是痴心妄想要么投资银行家会耍花招绕过监管，要么监管者会反应过度。
• Schelling, a brilliant game theorist and long-time smoker, used a variety of game theoretic tricks to outwit a formidable opponent his addicted self.
  谢林是一位优秀的博弈理论学家和老烟鬼，曾利用各种博弈论招数来试图制服那个强大的对手烟瘾极大的自己。
• Thanks to the intelligence he obtained, Alexander was able to outwit Napoleon, anticipating his invasion.
  亚历山大在他的情报部门的帮助下，得以击败拿破仑，并侵略它国。
• Such is the universal law, which no man can ever outwit, and with regard to the railroad even we may say it is as broad as it is long.
  这便是普遍的规律，从没有人能胜过它；至于铁路，我们可以说它是很广而且很长的。
• Garfield: I make apoint to get it good everyday. The real question, Luca, is how shall I outwit you this time?
  加菲猫：我每天都打定主意要得到它呀。卢卡，关键的问题是，这回我怎样才能在智慧上胜过你。
• The risk is that, in trying to be too clever, investors merely outwit themselves.
  风险在于，聪明反被聪明误，到头来投资者不过只是算计了自己。
• Somehow he always manages to outwit his opponents.
  他反正总能设法智胜对手。
• He decided to outwit these fellows, and he began to send a message himself.
  他决心以智取胜，于是他开始自己拍出一份电报。
• How can you outwit the devil in your game?
  你怎么能在游戏中蒙骗死神？